Planter and fertilizer-distributer.



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WILI1IAM SETLIFF NORVELL, OF POYNER, TEXAS.

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To (171 whom it'mag concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIA S 'TLIFENQR: wan, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residin at Ioyner, in; the coiintyof Henderson-an State ofTexas, have inventedcertain new and usefulImprovements in Planters andFertilizer-Distributers, of which the following is a specification;

This invention relates to planters and fertilizer distributors, and itconsists in certain improvements, hereinafter set forth, in theconstruction of the hopper and in the mechamsn'rmreceiving the seed andfertilizer and distributing the same.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this application, Figure1 is a view of the device in side elevation, Fig. 2 is a top plan view,Fig. 3 is a viewpart ly in elevation and partly in section on line 8-3of Fig. Fig. 4 is a view of another form of the device for distributingfertilizer.

In carrying out my invention, I providea framework of ordinary or anypreferred form designated in the drawings by the numeral 10, suchframework having connected thereto the usual handles15 and also havingat the front and rear ends standards 16 and 17 which may carrycultivating members 18 and 19 on the lower ends thereof. A shaft 20 ismounted transversely of the framework and carries a main wheel- 21located approximately in the central portion of the framework. ()1:either-side of wheel 21 is a distributing device, and in Fig. 2 I haveshown on one side a distributor 22 for the seed and on the opposite sideof wheel 21 a distributor 23 for fertilizer. These devices 22 and 23 aremounted on the main shaft or axle 20. I Ioppers 24 and 25 are hinged at25 to the framework and are arranged to discharge their contents intoslots, pockets or other receptacles provided in the said members 22 andthe sides of the hoppers permit the lifting or tilting of the latter,and these levers are arranged to engage rack members 42 mounted on theframe.

The distributing device 22 consists of a wheel having pockets 26 whichare somewhat narrower at the openv ends, these on of Letters Patent.

Levers 40 secured to' Carried by-shaft,

having a suitable feed slot 32 therein for permitting the discharge ofseedflfr'om the hopper to the aforesaid pockets 26 in thedistributingdevice. This slide 28 is movand has a curvedbottom like .slide '28(shown in Fig. 3).

1t is desired to stop the distribution ofseed,-

The fertilizer distributor 23 consists of a PatentedJulyl, 1913.Applicationfil ed September 9, 1911-. Serial no. 648,464;

able for the purpose of closing the slot when r 29 which extendradially'of the wheel and are'designed to engage with the teeth 30 0f anagitator 31 mounted within hopper 25.- The slide 28 hopper 25 isprovided with a slot 32 through which similar construction may be usedfor distributing both seed and fertilizer if 'desired. In Fig. 4 thelower members 30 are below the hopper. The slot is indicated by 32", theslide being removed.

What I claim is 1. In a device of the class described, a framework, ashaft located at the lower. end of the teeth 29 project and throughwhich the fertilizer is drawn.

mounted therein and transversely thereof, a furrow opener car- I ried bythe framework, a main wheel'mounted on the aforesaid shaft, adistributing device mounted on said shaftand adjacent to one side ofsaid'wheel, cumference of said plate mounted on the shaft and adjacentto the distributing device for retainingseed within the pockets, afertilizer distributor pockets in the cirdistributing device, a

mounted on-the opposite side ofsaidi'main wheel, said distributerincluding spiked members projecting radially therefrom, hoppers mountedabove the distributing device, a vertically mounted shaftwithin one ofthe hoppers, teeth extending radially from'the shaft and at an angle tothe aforesaid spiked members, and at an angle to the direction ofmovement of the material fed through the hopper, said teeth beingengaged by the spiked members.

2. In a device of the class described a framework, a furrow openercarried thereby, a main shaft' mounted within the framework, a Wheelcentrally mounted therein, a

distributing device carried by the main" shaft and on one side of thewheel, said dis- -tributing device having pockets in the circumferencethereof, a second distributing device on the opposite side of the wheelfirst mentioned and provlded with spikes in its circumference, hoppersmounted above the "ebly mounted tvithin the hopper first men- 1odistributing devices, a vertically mounted tioned. i

shaft Within one of the hoppers, teeth ex- In testimony whereof I afiixmy signal tending radlaliy from the shaft and atan ture in presenceoftwo witnesses. angle to the a oresaid s iked members and v at an angleto the direction of movement of WILLIAM SETLIFF NOR, the material fedthrough the hopper, said Witnesses:

teeth being engaged by the spiked members, H. FOSTER,

. and q slide provided With a slot and adjlist- F. M. ROBERTS.

Copies of this patent may be' obtained for five cents each, byaddressing'the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

